IP Camera Control Method, Apparatus, and System
AssigneeHuawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
InventorsCan Liu, Gaofei Li
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Abstract
An Internet Protocol (IP) camera control method, apparatus, and system to prevent the IP camera from being always in a working state, where the method includes waiting, by the IP camera, for receiving a standby instruction, where the IP camera is currently in the working state, and switching, by the IP camera, from the working state to a standby state when the IP camera receives the standby instruction from a server, such that power consumption of the IP camera is reduced.
Claims15
An Internet Protocol (IP) camera control method, comprising:
- receiving, by an IP camera, a standby instruction from a server;
- switching, by the IP camera, from a working state to a standby state, wherein the IP camera and the client are connected to the server respectively;
- constructing, by the IP camera, a heartbeat packet;
- sending, by the IP camera, the heartbeat packet to the server at a first preset frequency to make the IP camera maintain a heartbeat connection to the server.
An Internet Protocol (IP) camera, comprising:
- a receiver configured to receive a standby instruction;
- a memory comprising instructions;
- one or more processors in communication with the receiver and the memory;
- and
- a transmitter coupled to the one or more processors,
- wherein the one or more processors are configured to execute the instructions to:
- switch from a working state to a standby state, wherein the IP camera and the client are connected to the server respectively;
- and
- construct a heartbeat packet, and
- wherein the transmitter is configured to send the heartbeat packet to the server at a first preset frequency to make the IP camera maintain a heartbeat connection to the server.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing program code thereon for an Internet Protocol (IP) camera control, the program code comprising instructions for executing a method that comprises:
- receiving, by an IP camera, a standby instruction from a server;
- switching, by the IP camera, from a working state to a standby state, wherein the IP camera and the client are connected to the server respectively;
- constructing, by the IP camera, a heartbeat packet;
- sending, by the IP camera, the heartbeat packet to the server at a first preset frequency to make the IP camera maintain a heartbeat connection to the server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.